29th Call for ERG Proposals. Deadline: 31st March 2019 - CLOSED

The 29th Round of the Exploratory Research Grants under the PEDL initiative is now closed. Proposals submitted by 11:59pm GMT on 31st March 2019 will be considered for funding.

Firm Presence, Pollution, and Agglomeration: Evidence from a Randomised Environmental Place-Based Policy

Firm location decisions are a key managerial choice, usually optimised over factors like proximity to customers or suppliers.

Working Paper

15 Apr 2025

Embedding Agroforestry into Supply-Chains: Experimental Evidence with a Large Coffee Buyer in East Africa

Agroforestry, a farming system where trees are grown alongside crops, has the potential to help achieve multiple development objectives. It can help coffee farms combat climate change by acting as carbon sinks. Beyond reducing carbon emissions, agroforestry helps shield coffee plants from heat and heavy rains, increasing resilience to climate change. Further, products of agroforestry can provide important independent income stream to farmers facing extreme poverty.

Research Project

9 Apr 2025

Finacial Constraints to Exporting: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda's Export Frowth Fund

Strong export performance is often seen as key to unleashing firm productivity and spurring economic growth, both for the exporting firms themselves and for the broader economy. Given these perceived benefits, middle and low-income country (LMIC) governments commonly implement export promotion policies that aim to alleviate market failures hindering export growth.

Research Project

9 Apr 2025

The Economist's Guide to Processing and Analysing Historical and Future Climate Data

High resolution datasets providing accurate measurements of weather around the globe are key inputs into many, if not most, economic analyses of climate change. These data have expanded our understanding of the impacts of climate change on a broad set of highly vulnerable economic and social outcomes.

Research Project

9 Apr 2025

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29th Call for ERG Proposals. Deadline: 31st March 2019 - CLOSED

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Firm Presence, Pollution, and Agglomeration: Evidence from a Randomised Environmental Place-Based Policy

Embedding Agroforestry into Supply-Chains: Experimental Evidence with a Large Coffee Buyer in East Africa

Finacial Constraints to Exporting: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda's Export Frowth Fund

The Economist's Guide to Processing and Analysing Historical and Future Climate Data